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Trash Mounts as Snow Melts

City Begins Spotty Pickup; Rat Warning

By

Michael Howard Saul

Updated Jan. 4, 2011 12:01 a.m. ET

The snow is sooo yesterday.

The city resumed limited garbage collection on Monday for the first time following the post-Christmas blizzard, but some elected officials and residents have already begun complaining that Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration has allowed too much refuse to pile up.